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New Golf Plus BiFuel at Present Obtainable for Order In Germany

The Golf Plus at present is also available with LPG alternative. This utilization of alternative fuel has led to a decrease of about 10% in CO2 expelling and fuel preservations of €6.10 per 100 kilometers. This is because of the cut down German fuel tax which will be vogue till 2018.

The new Golf Plus along [...]

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Two Natural Gas Cars Tops at the24-hour Endurance Race

Two natural gas Volkswagen Scirocco race cars reached the top and were honored in the alternative-fuel class of the 24-hour endurance race. The race was not tough for the two Volkswagen because they were the only cars belonging to the category. One of the two cars took the 17th place in the overall race and [...]

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Renewable and Synthetic Fuels Tried by Volkswagen

Volkswagen and Archer Daniels Midland, one of the world’s top agriculture processors and a principal in biofuels, have arranged to work toward fostering the growth and usage of biodiesel in the auto industry. This is a noteworthy step ahead for biofuels for the size of the companies involved. ADM’s key interest in this developing market, [...]

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Production of Civic GX natural gas vehicles Started by American Honda

Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC started production of the natural gas-powered Civic GX, at its plant in Greensburg, Indiana. The Civic GX has been awarded with top environmental awards and the awards include the American Council for Energy-Efficient Economy’s “America’s Greenest Car” award for 5 successive years. Honda is known for its extended history of [...]

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Volkswagen Tries Out Renewable and Synthetic Fuels

Volkswagen and Archer Daniels Midland have agreed to work together for further development and use of biodiesel in the auto industry. This is a noteworthy step forward for biofuels.

Biodiesel is a cleaner burning fuel mixture which is made by blending formal diesel fuel with natural or inexhaustible resources such as canola or soybean oil. [...]

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Volkswagen Passat Variant TSI EcoFuel

A lot of car manufactures in Europe are developing cars that are running on Compressed Natural Gas. Now the German manufacture Volkswagen also joined this group of manufactures. At the Genève Motor Show in 2008, they showed the Passat TSI EcoFuel.

Below the Volkswagen Passat Variant TSI EcoFuel on stage.

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